By Hitch | October 1st, 2009 | Discussion: No Comments »
How do we describe how we feel about “art?” Much less, how do we presume to tell others what art is “better?”
Valuing art is also a thorny conundrum. After all, what is art? Historically speaking, art described a high level of skill in many disciplines. The distinction between art and craft is a fairly modern one.
Today has gotten away from me. I’ll return to this post tomorrow…
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By Hitch | September 15th, 2009 | Discussion: No Comments »

We had a great show last night on Blog Talk Radio with artist and author JoAnn Depolo. JoAnn is the author of “Making It As An Artist,” an inspirational and instructional guide for working artists in the “business of art.” We dove right in and talked about what it takes to get a “career” off the ground. The shaping of a personal perspective and believing in the value of what you do and create. And of course, we get into the nitty-gritty of marketing and self promotion.
Listen to the show from our archived podcast:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AmericaCreates
Learn more about JoAnn and see her paintings by going to her pages on AC:
http://www.americacreates.com/JoAnn_DePolo26426/galleries
And read two great intros to her book and seminars in our Community pages:
http://www.americacreates.com/article.php
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Water Circles
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Driven
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By Hitch | September 8th, 2009 | Discussion: No Comments »
By Hitch | September 6th, 2009 | Discussion: No Comments »
Join us Monday night (Labor Day) at 8:00 PM PST for our first podcast on Blog Talk Radio. www.blogtalkradio.com/AmericaCreates We’ll be visiting with California jeweler, Jamie Santellano and legendary scenic artist and visionary painter, Dennis Larkins. Don’t miss the fun and inspiration as we talk about the creative process that each bring to their singular work. But, if you can’t make it to the live broadcast be sure and check out the podcast, which can be played or downloaded at the BlogTalkRadio site.
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Jamie Santellano
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Star Charm
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Dennis at work
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Basking in the Glow of Yesterday's Tomorrow
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!
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By Hitch | August 31st, 2009 | Discussion: No Comments »
Sharon and I have been putting together a schedule for shooting a pilot, for a TV series to be called “The Creative Road.” We are talking with Ovation TV as the potential home for this series of studio visits and interviews with America’s most creative artists and craftsmen.
We’ve put together a terrific team to shoot this first series of interviews. We’ve been lucky enough to add documentary maker and musician extraordinaire, Dean Warner as our primary camera guy. Dean and Sharon will also be handling the editing. Another good friend, Todd Johnson will be coming up from his San Diego hideaway to be our director. We go way back to the mid-eighties when he and Sharon worked together on numerous commercials and music videos, including work for Santana and the jazz-fusion band, Montreux.
We’ll be shooting our first group of interviews in the Oregon/Washington area. Among the artists and studios we’ll be shooting are Andy Nichols and Miranda Teel of Nichols Art Glass Studio in The Dalles and the Our Town Pottery in Eugene, home of fabulous earthenware from Michael Baines and Jeani Holder.
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Nichols Art Glass
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Our Town Pottery
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